Prior to Behar's personal call to Pence, the vice president issued a statement during the C-Span that took place a day after the tirade was aired about his opinion, saying that comparing Christianity to mental illness is simply wrong.

Behar's call to Pence was undisclosed until Disney CEO Bob Iger was asked about the controversy during last week's meeting with investors.

"You know, I give Joy Behar a lot of credit", Pence told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Monday. Pence said was happy that Behar had apologized to him personally, but wanted her to apologize to all Christians.

"I'm still encouraging her, to use the forum of that program or some other public forum, to apologize to tens of millions of Americans who were equally offended", Pence said. "I sincerely apologize for what I said".

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Lindsey said he is excited to play under these revised rules, but that shouldn't change the outcome of games. For Nebraska, ultimately, it appeared to be less about the quantity of wins and more about the quality.

"He's extreme", Manigault Newman said to her fellow contestants about Pence, who has ties to the evangelical community.

ABC News star Joy Behar apologized to mocking Vice President Mike Pence's Christian faith. "She picked up the phone". However, the Vice President made it clear that he wasn't offended out of self-concern but on behalf of the millions of Christians who watch The View.

The right-wing Media Research Center launched an effort to hold "The View" accountable for promoting "anti-Christian bigotry", according to an open letter to ABC News from the group's president, Brent Bozell. "He encouraged her to make the same apology publicly on the show that she did privately to him".

The View's Meghan McCain, an Evangelical Christian, did apologize to Pence on air.

He denied insinuations that he overlooked the killings that happened in Benue, saying he is genuinely anxious over them. While he commiserated with the people over the killings, he described the attacks and bloodshed as unfortunate.

The Washington Post reports that Trump asked Tillerson to step aside on Friday, March 9 moments after he had arrived in Kenya. He "did not speak to the president this morning and is unaware of the reason" for his firing, the spokesman added.

The reduction came as gross short positions on the New York Mercantile Exchange climbed to their highest level in almost a month. Also on Sunday, Saudi officials said they would be delaying the initial public offering of Saudi Aramco until 2019.

Officers arrested Young, charging her with driving under the influence, and brought her to the police station for a blood sample. She was handcuffed and put into the back of a police vehicle at 10.30am yesterday in Marana, Arizona, 30 miles north of Tuscon.

Trubisky had a solid season for the Bears a year ago , completing 59.4 percent of his passes for 2,193 yards and seven touchdowns. He was a second-round pick by the Jaguars in 2014 and broke out in 2015 with 80 catches for 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns.

The Red Devils need to part way with these players and bring some new recruits who are desperate to make a mark and learn. Manchester United vs Sevilla is available in most nations through the rights holders' online platform, if they have one.

The start of the month saw the Reds come from behind to defeat defending Premier League champions Chelsea at home in a 2-1 win. With Pogba missing, Mourinho could well go for the same starting line-up as we saw against Liverpool .

The sacking of Pellegrino raises questions once more about Southampton's decision to fire Puel last summer. Southampton are hoping to make a quick appointment in time for their FA Cup clash with Wigan on Sunday.

Hayek was not the only one who raised her concern about Kahlo's image being used by a big corporate house. She and her lawyer, Sangri, are hoping to discuss a redesign with Mattel .

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